Open AccessHawking Irreversibility and Socio-Economic Determinism
Author(s) -
Jan-Erik Lane,
Florent Dieterlen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of social science studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2329-9150
DOI - 10.5296/jsss.v5i1.12394
Subject(s) - hawking , economics , neoclassical economics , consumption (sociology) , global warming , china , keynesian economics , physics , climate change , sociology , political science , law , social science , ecology , entropy (arrow of time) , quantum mechanics , biology
Physicist Stephen Hawking has suggested that climate changes is about to become unstoppable. One may introduce a concept of Hawking irreversibility as the point where temperature has risen so much that the global warming consequences threaten the survival of mankind. The recent news out of China that its CO2s are increasing again makes this term highly policy relevant. Moreover, the methane emissions have started to augment, which also calls up Hawking irreversibility. The drive behind these dire developments is the endless zest for affluence and wealth, fueled by ever larger energy consumption.